Reprint Information

Bahía Blanca, August 30, 2005.

To Authors of Latin American Applied Research: An International Journal

Dear Authors,

The Latin American Applied Research Journal is a university-founded project, which started in 1970, first managed by the Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina, and then by the Universidad Nacional del Sur (UNS), Bahía Blanca, Argentina after 1989. The publication of this journal heavily depends on the financial support from UNS, CONICET (National Council of Scientific Research of Argentina) and the subscribers. Its excellent academic standing relies on the expertise of the many authors and reviewers like you. Since 1999, the journal has been included in the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI) as part of the Web of Science, and this milestone could not be reached without the support of the Associate Editors, authors, reviewers, managing staff, and the UNS. As a Chief Editor, I would like to see that your work will be further outreaching and properly cited in other well-consolidated journals listed in the SCI database. Therefore, I urge you to cite as much as possible related works published in Latin American Applied Research when you submit your papers to the other journals. This is important, for the increasing value of your research work in this scientific Latin-American journal and also elsewhere.

Enclosed please find 20 reprints of your work recently published in our journal, and please be noted that extra copies of reprints are not available. We would like to suggest you to consider helping the journal's business by contributing US$ 20 (a check payable to Dr. José A. Bandoni) to cover the cost of these reprints and the air-mail postage. Although this contribution is not mandatory, we truly appreciate it if you can support the continued development and well being of this university-supported international journal. If you are unable to make your contribution this time, we recommend that you subscribe, or persuade your library or research institute alike to subscribe to our journal. The cost of subscription has been kept to minimum, particularly for institutional subscriptions.

In the name of the Editorial Committee, we thank you very much in advance for your attention, understanding, and support.

Sincerely yours,

                José A. Bandoni

                    Editor-in-Chief LAAR